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Obese youths have a nearly six fold risk of hypertensionObese youths have a nearly six fold risk of hypertension, according to research in more than 22 000 young people from the PEP Family Heart Study presented at ESC Congress today by Professor Peter Schwandt from Germany.http://medicalxpress.com/news/2014-08-obese-youths-hypertension.html
CardiologySun, 31 Aug 2014 06:21:11 EDTnews328684856Brain benefits from weight loss following bariatric surgeryWeight loss surgery can curb alterations in brain activity associated with obesity and improve cognitive function involved in planning, strategizing and organizing, according to a new study published in the Endocrine Society's Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism (JCEM).http://medicalxpress.com/news/2014-08-brain-benefits-weight-loss-bariatric.html
SurgeryTue, 26 Aug 2014 13:00:02 EDTnews328264234Extreme obesity may shorten life expectancy up to 14 yearsAdults with extreme obesity have increased risks of dying at a young age from cancer and many other causes including heart disease, stroke, diabetes, and kidney and liver diseases, according to results of an analysis of data pooled from 20 large studies of people from three countries. The study, led by researchers from the National Cancer Institute (NCI), part of the National Institutes of Health, found that people with class III (or extreme) obesity had a dramatic reduction in life expectancy compared with people of normal weight. The findings appeared July 8, 2014, in PLOS Medicine.http://medicalxpress.com/news/2014-07-individuals-extremely-obese-higher-mortality.html
Overweight and ObesityTue, 08 Jul 2014 14:00:02 EDTnews324030930Insulin resistance ups T2D risk, independent of BMI(HealthDay)—A genetic score for insulin resistance is associated with lower body mass index (BMI) and with incident type 2 diabetes (T2D) even among individuals of normal weight, according to a study published online June 19 in Diabetes.http://medicalxpress.com/news/2014-07-insulin-resistance-ups-t2d-independent.html
DiabetesMon, 07 Jul 2014 17:48:25 EDTnews323974093No sign of 'obesity paradox' in obese patients with strokeResearchers found no evidence of an "obesity paradox" (some studies have suggested overweight or obese patients have lower mortality rates than underweight or normal weight patients) in patients with stroke.http://medicalxpress.com/news/2014-06-obesity-paradox-obese-patients.html
NeuroscienceMon, 02 Jun 2014 16:00:05 EDTnews320942359Overweight teens more likely to be rejected as friends by normal weight peersOverweight young people are more likely to be rejected as friends by peers who are of normal weight, according to new research by Arizona State University social scientists.http://medicalxpress.com/news/2014-05-overweight-teens-friends-weight-peers.html
Overweight and ObesityThu, 15 May 2014 17:09:37 EDTnews319392565Obese employees cost employers thousands in extra medical costsA new study in the American Journal of Health Promotion finds that, on average, a morbidly obese employee costs an employer over $4,000 more per year in health care and related costs than an employee who is of normal weight.http://medicalxpress.com/news/2014-05-obese-employees-employers-thousands-extra.html
HealthWed, 14 May 2014 10:00:01 EDTnews319276379Early obesity linked to increased probability of severe obesity later in lifeExposure to long-term obesity has become more common with increases in obesity at younger ages. Researchers examined the relationship between BMI at age 25, obesity later in life, and biological indicators of health. They found that people who were obese by age 25 had a higher chance of more severe obesity later in life, but that current weight, rather than the duration of obesity, was a better indicator of cardiovascular and metabolic risk. Their findings are published in the June issue of the American Journal of Preventive Medicine.http://medicalxpress.com/news/2014-05-early-obesity-linked-probability-severe.html
Overweight and ObesityTue, 06 May 2014 00:00:03 EDTnews318524113Study challenges concept of 'healthy' obesityObese individuals who have no signs of cardiovascular disease show a much higher prevalence of early plaque buildup in the arteries compared to healthy normal weight individuals, according to a study published today in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology. The study challenges the idea of "healthy" obesity, and researchers recommend all obese individuals be counseled about their risks for cardiovascular disease and receive tips for achieving a healthy weight.http://medicalxpress.com/news/2014-04-concept-healthy-obesity.html
CardiologyWed, 30 Apr 2014 15:30:01 EDTnews318089487Study finds Sirt7 gene plays a central role in energy metabolism(Medical Xpress)—The long-term consumption of too much high-energy and high-fat food leads to overweight. Behind this trivial statement lies the extremely complex regulation of lipid metabolism. Together with colleagues from Japan, scientists from the Max Planck Institute for Heart and Lung Research in Bad Nauheim have now discovered that the Sirt7 gene plays a central role in energy metabolism. Despite consuming high-fat food, genetically modified mice that lack the gene maintain their normal weight.http://medicalxpress.com/news/2014-04-sirt7-gene-central-role-energy.html
Medical researchTue, 29 Apr 2014 06:21:14 EDTnews317971260Obese people feel full sooner than people of normal weightObese people take less time to feel full than those of normal weight. Despite this, they consume more calories. A faster speed of eating could play an important role in obesity, according to a study funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation.http://medicalxpress.com/news/2014-04-obese-people-full-sooner-weight.html
Overweight and ObesityTue, 08 Apr 2014 09:10:04 EDTnews316165892Researcher finds mortality risks of being overweight or obese are underestimatedNew research by Andrew Stokes, a doctoral student in demography and sociology in the School of Arts and Sciences at the University of Pennsylvania, suggests that many obesity studies substantially underestimate the mortality risks associated with excess weight in the United States. His study, "Using Maximum Weight to Redefine Body Mass Index Categories in Studies of The Mortality Risks of Obesity," was published in the March issue of the open-access journal Population Health Metrics.http://medicalxpress.com/news/2014-04-mortality-overweight-obese-underestimated.html
Overweight and ObesityMon, 07 Apr 2014 16:15:42 EDTnews316106128Over a lifetime, childhood obesity costs $19,000 per childChildhood obesity comes with an estimated price tag of $19,000 per child when comparing lifetime medical costs to those of a normal weight child, according to an analysis led by researchers at the Duke Global Health Institute and Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School in Singapore. When multiplied by the number of obese 10-year-olds in the United States, lifetime medical costs for this age alone reach roughly $14 billion.http://medicalxpress.com/news/2014-04-lifetime-childhood-obesity-child.html
PediatricsMon, 07 Apr 2014 04:03:06 EDTnews316062175Smoking may dull obese women's ability to taste fat and sugarCigarette smoking among obese women appears to interfere with their ability to taste fats and sweets, a new study shows. Despite craving high-fat, sugary foods, these women were less likely than others to perceive these tastes, which may drive them to consume more calories.http://medicalxpress.com/news/2014-04-dull-obese-women-ability-fat.html
Overweight and ObesityThu, 03 Apr 2014 15:21:32 EDTnews315757280Overweight or obese people breathe more air pollutants(Medical Xpress)—Overweight or obese adults can breathe 7-50% more air per day than an adult with healthy weight does, which makes them more vulnerable to air contaminants causing asthma and other pulmonary diseases, according to a study by Dr. Pierre Brochu, a professor at Université de Montréal's School of Public Health. For overweight or obese children, daily inhalation rates are 10-24% higher than for normal weight children. The findings were recently published in the international journal Risk Analysis.http://medicalxpress.com/news/2014-02-overweight-obese-people-air-pollutants.html
HealthWed, 05 Feb 2014 07:17:43 EDTnews310807054Many parents of obese children underestimate their weight(HealthDay)—Half the parents of overweight or obese children don't think their kids have a weight problem, a new analysis reveals.http://medicalxpress.com/news/2014-02-parents-obese-children-underestimate-weight.html
Overweight and ObesityMon, 03 Feb 2014 11:00:03 EDTnews310646764Kindergarten weight strong indicator of childhood obesityA recent study by researchers from Emory's Rollins School of Public Health suggests that development of new childhood obesity cases, or incidence, is largely established by kindergarten. The study showed that overweight kindergarteners were four times as likely as normal-weight children to become obese by the 8th grade.http://medicalxpress.com/news/2014-01-kindergarten-weight-strong-indicator-childhood.html
Overweight and ObesityWed, 29 Jan 2014 17:00:07 EDTnews310224227Measuring waist circumference would improve the detection of children and adolescents with cardiometabolic riskA study led by researchers from IMIM (Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute) and published in the journal Plos One concludes that including waist circumference measurements in clinical practice, together with the traditional height and weight measurements, would make it easier to detect children and adolescents with cardiometabolic risk, i.e. those with a higher predisposition to suffer from arteriosclerosis or type 2 diabetes. This study is the first of its kind in Spain on abdominal obesity in children and adolescents, one of the most important risk factors associated to this disorder, which has increased in recent years.http://medicalxpress.com/news/2014-01-waist-circumference-children-adolescents-cardiometabolic.html
Overweight and ObesityTue, 28 Jan 2014 11:43:59 EDTnews310131829No evidence of survival advantage for type 2 diabetes patients who are overweight or obeseBeing overweight or obese does not lead to improved survival among patients with type 2 diabetes. The large-scale study led by Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) researchers refutes previous studies that have suggested that, for people with diabetes, being overweight or obese could lead to lower mortality for people compared with normal-weight persons—the so-called "obesity paradox."http://medicalxpress.com/news/2014-01-evidence-survival-advantage-diabetes-patients.html
DiabetesWed, 15 Jan 2014 17:00:04 EDTnews309013335Unfit, lean people are better protected against heart attacks than fit, obese people(Medical Xpress)—In a study published in the European Heart Journal, a research team at Umeå University, Sweden, has shown that physical fitness in your teens can reduce the risk of heart attack later in life, while men who are fit and obese in their teens run a higher risk of having a heart attack than unfit, lean men.http://medicalxpress.com/news/2014-01-unfit-people-heart-obese.html
CardiologyThu, 09 Jan 2014 11:42:53 EDTnews308490164Fit teenagers are less likely to have heart attacks in later lifeResearchers in Sweden have found an association between a person's fitness as a teenager and their risk of heart attack in later life. In a study of nearly 750,000 men, they found that the more aerobically fit men were in late adolescence, the less likely they were to have a heart attack 30 or 40 years later.http://medicalxpress.com/news/2014-01-teenagers-heart-life.html
CardiologyTue, 07 Jan 2014 19:00:01 EDTnews308330099Slower-paced meal reduces hunger but affects calorie consumption differentlyObesity rates in the United States increased from 14.5% of the population in 1971-1974 to 35.9% of the population in 2009-2010. It's believed that one contributing factor to expanding waistlines is the reported increase in energy intake. Research suggests that the ability to control energy intake may be affected by the speed at which we eat, and a high eating rate may impair the relationship between the sensory signals and processes that regulate how much we eat.http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-12-slower-paced-meal-hunger-affects-calorie.html
HealthMon, 30 Dec 2013 03:30:24 EDTnews307596603Obese children have higher stress hormone levels than normal-weight peersObese children naturally produce higher levels of a key stress hormone than their normal weight peers, according to new research accepted for publication in The Endocrine Society's Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism.http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-12-obese-children-higher-stress-hormone.html
Overweight and ObesityWed, 18 Dec 2013 13:01:06 EDTnews306594050Metabolically healthy obesity does not guarantee clean bill of healthObese people who are currently metabolically healthy face a higher risk of developing diabetes and cardiovascular disease, according to new research accepted for publication in The Endocrine Society's Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism.http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-11-metabolically-healthy-obesity-bill-health.html
HealthWed, 20 Nov 2013 13:00:02 EDTnews304174638New study paints grim health picture for obese teens(HealthDay)—Severely obese teens are at increased risk for a host of serious health problems as adults, including asthma, kidney disease and sleep disorders, according to a new study.http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-11-grim-health-picture-obese-teens.html
PediatricsMon, 18 Nov 2013 13:30:01 EDTnews304001137Primary weight maintenance: A new way to prevent overweight and obesityThe same message to everyone does not work if the goal is to prevent overweight and obesity in the population. It is also important to reach groups normally considered as being at low risk for gaining in weight. This is what Kristina Lindvall shows in her doctoral thesis at Umeå University, Sweden. Participants in the study come from Västerbotten County in northern Sweden and from New York State in the US.http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-09-primary-weight-maintenance-overweight-obesity.html
Overweight and ObesityFri, 20 Sep 2013 08:26:23 EDTnews298884372Metabolically healthy women have same CVD risk regardless of BMIMetabolically healthy women have the same cardiovascular disease risk regardless of their BMI, according to research presented at the ESC Congress today by Dr Søren Skøtt Andersen and Dr Michelle Schmiegelow from Denmark. The findings in more than 260,000 subjects suggest that obese women have a window of opportunity to lose weight and avoid developing a metabolic disorder, which would increase their CVD risk.http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-09-metabolically-healthy-women-cvd-bmi.html
CardiologyMon, 02 Sep 2013 04:35:13 EDTnews297315300Female obesity linked to lower rates of live birth and embryo implantation in the uterusAn analysis of almost 10,000 first cycles of egg donation treatment at one of Europe's largest IVF centres shows that female obesity reduces the receptivity of the uterus to embryo implantation and thereby compromises reproductive outcome. The investigators report that excess female weight "impairs human reproduction" and that "the reduction of uterine receptivity is one of the mechanisms involved". As a result they advise weight reduction before pregnancy in any type of conception, including ovum donation.http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-07-female-obesity-linked-birth-embryo.html
Obstetrics & gynaecologyTue, 09 Jul 2013 12:01:09 EDTnews292590057Overweight and obese patients less likely to achieve remission in early RAA new study presented today at EULAR 2013, the Annual Congress of the European League Against Rheumatism, shows that overweight and obese patients are less likely to achieve successful remission in early rheumatoid arthritis (ERA) compared to those of normal weight.http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-06-overweight-obese-patients-remission-early.html
Arthritis & RheumatismFri, 14 Jun 2013 04:55:11 EDTnews290404347Obesity in early 20s curbs chances of reaching middle ageYoung men who are obese in their early 20s are significantly more likely to develop serious ill health by the time they reach middle age, or not even make it that far, suggests research published in the online journal BMJ Open.http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-obesity-early-20s-curbs-chances.html
Overweight and ObesityMon, 29 Apr 2013 18:56:10 EDTnews286480564